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The Indian Post Office Act, 1898
CONTENTS
IntroductionSectionCHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
 
1. Short title, extent, application and commencement2. Definitions3. Meanings of “in course of transmission by post” and “delivery”
CHAPTER II
PRIVILEGE AND PROTECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT
 
4. Exclusive privilege of conveying letters reserved to the Government5. Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters6. Exemption from liability for loss, misdelivery, delay or damageCHAPTER III
POSTAGE
 7. Power to fix rates of inland postage8. Power to make rules as to payment of postage and fees in certain cases9. Power to make rules as to registered newspapers10. Power to declare rates of foreign postage11. Liability for payment of postage12. Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles13. Customs duty paid by the Post Office to be recoverable as postage14. Post Office marks prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted15. Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage.CHAPTER IV
POSTAGE STAMPS
 16. Provision of postage stamps and power to make rules as to them17. Postage stamps to be deemed to be stamps for the purpose of revenueCHAPTER V
CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION OF POSTAL ARTICLES
 18. redelivery to sender of postal article in course of transmission by post19. Transmission by post of anything injurious prohibited19ATransmission by post of tickets, proposals, etc. relating to unauthorizedlotteries prohibited.20. Transmission by post of anything indecent, etc. prohibited21. Power to make rules as to transmission by post of postal articles22. Power to postpone dispatch or delivery of certain postal articles23. Power to deal with postal articles posted in contravention of Act
 
24. Power to deal with postal articles containing goods contraband or liableto duty24A Power to deliver such articles to, Customs authority25. Power to intercept notified goods during transmission by post26. Power to intercept postal articles for public good27. Power to deal with postal articles from abroad bearing fictitious orpreviously used stamps27A. Prohibition of transmission by post of certain newspapers27B. Power to detain newspapers and other articles being transmitted by post27C. Procedure for disposal by High Court of applications for release ofnewspapers and articles so detained.27D. Jurisdiction barred. 
CHAPTER VI
REGISTRATION, INSURANCE AND VALUE-PAYABLE POST
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registration of Postal articles29: Power to make rules as to registration30. Insurance of postal articles31. Power to require insurance of postal articles32. Power to make rules as to insurance33. Liability in respect of postal articles insured34. Transmission by post of value-payable postal articles35. Power to make rules as to value-payable postal articles36. Power to give effect to arrangements with other countriesCHAPTER VII
UNDELIVERED POSTAL ARTICLES
37. power to make rules as to disposal of undelivered postal articles38. Disposal of undelivered postal articles at office of Post Master General.39. Final disposal of undelivered postal articles.CHAPTER VIII
SHIP LETTERS
 40. Duty of master of ship, departing from any port in India and not being a mailship, to convey mail bags.41. Duty of master of ship arriving at any port in India in respect of postal articlesand mail bags on board42. Allowances of gratuities for conveyance of postal articles by ships other thanmail ships.CHAPTER IX
MONEY ORDERS
 43. Power to maintain money order system and to make rules as to remittancesthereby44. Power for remitter to recall money order or alter name of payee45. Power to provide for the issue of postal orders.46. Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries47. Recovery of money order paid to the wrong person48. Exemption from liability in respect of money orders.
 
 CHAPTER X
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
Offences by Officers of the Post Office49. Penalty for misconduct of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags orpostal articles.50. Penalty for voluntary withdrawal from duty, without permission or notice, ofperson employed to carry or delivery mail bags or postal articles.51. Penalty for making false entry in register kept by person employed to carry ordeliver any postal articles52. Penalty for theft, dishonest misappropriation, secretion, destruction, orthrowing away of postal articles53. Penalty for opening, detaining or delaying postal articles54. Penalty for fraud in connection with official marks and for receipt of excesspostage.55. Penalty for fraudulently preparing, altering, secreting or destroying PostOffice documents.56. Penalty for fraudulently sending unpaid postal articles57. Punishment of offences committed in a tribal area, acceding State or otherIndian State.Other Offences58. Penalty for contravention of section 459. Penalty for contravention of section 560. Penalty for breach of rules under section 1661. Penalty for contravention of section 19, 19A or 20.62. Penalty for defiling or injuring post office letter-boxes.63. Penalty for affixing without authority thing to, or painting, tarring or disfiguringpost office or post office letter-boxes.64. Penalty for making false declaration.65. Penalty for master of ship failing to comply with the provisions of section 40or 41.66. Penalty for detention of letters on board vessel arriving in port.67. Penalty for detaining mails or opening mail bag.68. Penalty for retaining postal articles wrongly delivered or mail bags.69. Penalty for unlawfully diverting letters.General70. Penalty for abetting or attempting to commit, offences under act.71. Property in cases of offences to be laid in the Post Office.72. Authority for prosecutions under certain sections of Act.CHAPTER XI
SUPPLEMENTAL
 73. Zamindari and other district posts.74. General power to make rules and provisions as to rules under Act.75. Delegation of powers, other than rule-making powers to Director General.76. [Repealed]77. Saving
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